Recently Bill Gates and his wife have given up billions of dollars to a charity that they've founded. A few days after that Bill's friend (the second richest man in the world) gave 80% of his wealth to the same charity. Now, this is a transparent charity (which means it can be checked out at any time by anybody to make sure they're not stealing the money or anything) and has a list of issues that it aids and it sounds really bloody good.
My question is simple. For ages, average people have been wondering when the extremely wealthy will realize the opprotunity they have to make a real difference in the world. Now it seems as if some of them have gotten the message. Do you think this is some fanstastic publicity stunt, these two men are just truly exceptional or that public awareness has risen to the point that people with power and money are going to start using it to substantially help those in need?
What is your opinion on it all
2006-06-26
18:42:32
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